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dysenterial en · NOUN

Etymology

From dysentery + -al.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Dysenteric.
   • Baermann and Eckersdorff⁸ studied a series of cases of dysenterial appearance occurring in a Sumatra hospital in which only hemolytic streptococci were to be found in the stools. 1920 February 14, C. J. Oppenheim, “The Human Fecal Streptococci”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 26, number 2, Chicago, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 118:
   • […] and tells us, in the account he gives, of the great virtues of the ſeeds being ſteep'd in wine, for thoſe that are afflicted with coughs, and for nephritic and dyſenterial diſeaſes in women. 1727, Stephen Switzer, “Of the cucumbers” (chapter XIII), in The Practical Kitchen Gardiner, London: […] Tho. Woodward, section II, page 96:
   • By the natives of Mosambique, and also by those at a remote distance, this root is considered almost a specific for every disorder of long standing; but more especially for dysenterial and venereal disorders. 1855, A. B. Strong, “Nat. Order–Menispermaceæ”, in The American Flora, or, History of Plants and Wild Flowers, volume II, New York: Hull & Spencer, page 87:

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